baka bomb

noun

ba·​ka bomb

variants or less commonly baka

ˈbäkə

plural -s

: a Japanese rocket-propelled bomb-carrying airplane guided by a suicide pilot and used in World War II

Word History

Etymology

Japanese baka, literally, fool, from ba horse + ka deer

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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